Recent progresses on curriculum undergraduation reformulation in Portugal, due to Bologna Agreement, lead to the development of a new Optimization and Innovation baccalaureate. This course has been structured along a completely new curriculum, inspired on the CDIO paradigm, combining a core curriculum in Mathematics, Management and Information Technologies, with a set of minors in the areas of engineering taught in ISEP, the Porto Polytechnic School. To promote differentiation, new skills, accurate knowledge and pro-active attitudes will make the difference between success and failure in the competitive labor market. Against the usual background, this baccalaureate was structured in order to develop competences that are really fundamental for an engineer of the 21st century. Besides technically skilled, the engineer of the 21st century must also denote competences in a variety of professional practices, and those skills must be developed and practiced throughout time.
